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Do you know Garfield?He is a character of a comic strip.He first（1）______ in the comic strip on June 19,1978.Garfield is famous for a cartoon.Lots of Garfield books have been turned into 26 languages.Garfield products are （2）______ in many countries.
Jim Davis is Garfield\’s creator.Jim （3）______ born in 1945 in Indiana.He grew up on a farm.Jim and his brother Dave often （4）______ with the farm work.They had 25 cats.（5）______ room was always full of food for the cats.
As a boy,Jim was in poor health.When he had to spend time resting,he drew pictures.He added words to his pictures to （6）______ them funny.
In 1969,he got a job to help a cartoonist.Jim found that there were many comic （7）______about dogs but few about cats.He couldn\’t （8）______ it because there were so many cat lovers.
He remembered the 25 farm cats.They provided him with lots of ideas for a cat comic strip.In the comic strip,Garfield became the central character in everyday experiences with Jon.He is the laziest but the （9）______.
Jim Davis has received many awards for his work.He was (10)______ the Best Humor Strip Cartoonist of the Year Award twice.He has won four Emmys （艾美奖） and other honors.